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Disa erubescens

Disa erubescens

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diseae
SubTribe: Disinae
Genus: Disa
Species: D. erubescens
Alliance:
Binomial name
Disa erubescens
Rendle 1895


Disa erubescens is a species of Disa found in Africa.

Description[]

Plant blooms in the summer on a 19cm inflorescences with 3 to 10 flowers. Plant is 90 cm high.

Distribution[]

Plants are found in grasslands and marshes in the tropical areas of Tanzania, Nigeria, Western Cameroons, Sudan, Angola and Zambia at elevations around 1200 meters.

Culture[]

Disa erubescens habitat

D. erubescenes in habitat

Naming[]

Common name: the rose disa


Synonyms[]

  1. Disa erubescens var. leucantha Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 537 (1915).
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